This is the office at the Bouma National Park; no one was around so I just made myself at home. The Fijians we met were all very friendly, so I like to think the park employee wouldn’t have minded my little tour.

Here’s what I saw:
– A very low ceiling. I’m not particularly tall, and I could easily touch touch the ceiling.
– Some nice curtains that were open to let the breeze through. The fabric was stuffed into the wire grid that guarded the windows.
– A piece of silvery Christmas tinsel hanging from the column.
– A sticker on the refrigerator reminding us that VOTING IS YOUR RIGHT.
– An oilcloth covering on the desk.

(Women and ethnic Fijians were first permitted to vote in 1963. In case you wondered.)

Bouma National Park headquarters
Taveuni Island, Fiji

photographed 7.5.2013